C14: from Old French, from Latin reversus, from revertere to turn back

Häufigkeit

reverse in Automotive Engineering1

(rɪvɜrs)

Substantiv

(Automotive engineering: Design and performance)

If your car is in reverse, you have changed gears so that you can drive it backward.

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Tom put the car in reverse and backed out of the garage. She put the car in reverse by mistake and damaged a car parked behind her. The rearview monitor camera projects a video image of what is behind on an in-dash
information screen when the car is in reverse.

reverse in Automotive Engineering2

When a car reverses, or when you reverse it, the car is driven backward.

She had to reverse the car out of the parking space. He started the car, and reversed back out into the lane. The car uses electrically operated power steering and sensors that help guide the
car when reversing into parking spaces.